Jon Stewart Launches Prank Campaign to Buy ‘Terrible’ CNN

Jon Stewart announced a campaign to raise $10 billion to buy CNN because the cable news network is “terrible.”

The host of “The Daily Show” urged users to make pledges to purchase the network after noting that if Rupert Murdoch buys Time Warner, then the news network will be up for sale.

To get the ball rolling on his audacious and fake plan, Stewart launched a Website that mimics a Kickstarter campaign, which offers incentives for donations like “take molly with Fareed Zakaria,” “24 hour two week hunt for your lost car keys,” and “host a CNN anchor Hunger Games fight to the death.”

Stewart’s online pitch for purchasing the network?

“CNN, America’s first 24-hour cable news network, has been terrible for many, many years. Does it have to be that way? Who knows, maybe it does. So let’s find out for ourselves!” according to Letsbuycnn.com.